Chocolate machine

Abstract

A household appliance includes a food ingredients container and a tool. The food ingredients container is configured to receive one or more food ingredients. The tool is configured to blend and/or chop the one or more food ingredients.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A kitchen appliance comprising:
 a pot defining an interior space with an upwardly opening for depositing ingredients or substances into the pot, 
 a stirring unit for mixing ingredients or substances deposited into the pot, the stirring unit arranged at least in part within the interior space of the pot and configured to rotate about an axis within the interior space of the pot, 
 an insert pot arranged in the interior space of the pot so as to define a heat carrier substance interspace within the interior space of the pot between an interior surface of the pot and an exterior surface of the insert pot, the heat carrier substance interspace to receive a heat carrier medium or substance, 
 a scraper mounted in the insert pot to facilitate relative motion therebetween, the scraper shaped to extend across a diameter of the insert pot when viewed from a top plan view, shaped to complement an inner contour of an interior surface of the insert pot when viewed from a side elevation view, and shaped to define at least one flow-through opening spaced from the interior surface of the insert pot sized to allow contents therein to flow from one side to another side of the scraper upon relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot so that contents of the insert pot are scraped from the interior surface of the insert pot while allowing mixing of the contents at a location spaced from the interior surface of the insert pot, wherein the scraper separates a first portion of the interior of the insert pot from a second portion of the insert pot by at least 75% of an area in a plane along the axis of the insert pot, and 
 a cover for covering the upwardly opening, 
 wherein arranging the insert pot in the interior space of the pot includes coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble of the insert pot during relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot. 
 
     
     
       2. The kitchen appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the scraper separates the first portion of the interior of the insert pot from the second portion of the interior of the insert pot from a bottom of the insert pot at least up to a top edge of the insert pot. 
     
     
       3. The kitchen appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the insert pot includes a circumferential radial ledge, wherein coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble includes coupling the circumferential radial ledge and the cover. 
     
     
       4. The kitchen appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the cover includes a base part and a connecting part, and wherein coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble includes coupling the circumferential radial ledge and the base part. 
     
     
       5. The kitchen appliance of  claim 4 , wherein the cover includes a cover opening for inserting ingredients or substances into the insert pot and the pot without removing the cover, and wherein the cover includes a lid sized to seal the cover opening. 
     
     
       6. A method comprising:
 providing a kitchen appliance including a stirring unit, a pot, and an insert pot inserted in the pot to define an interspace between the pot and the insert pot, wherein the stirring unit includes a tool for blending and/or chopping that is located in the interspace, 
 providing a scraper, wherein the kitchen appliance is configured for relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot, wherein the scraper is a flat wall adapted to the inner contour of the insert pot such that the scraper extends along a central axis and divides the insert pot into two equally sized halves so as to increase an effectiveness of stirring a melted chocolate mass, wherein the scraper is bisected into a first half and a second half by a central vertical axis, and wherein only one of the first half and the second half defines at least one flow-through opening, 
 preparing chocolate using the kitchen appliance, and 
 providing a cover for covering an upwardly opening of the pot, 
 wherein arranging the insert pot in the interior space of the pot includes coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble of the insert pot during relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the scraper separates one half of the insert pot from the other half of the insert pot by at least 75% of an area in a plane along the central axis of the insert pot. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the insert pot includes a circumferential radial ledge, wherein coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble includes coupling the circumferential radial ledge and the cover. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the cover includes a base part and a connecting part, and wherein coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble includes coupling the circumferential radial ledge and the base part. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , wherein the cover includes a cover opening for inserting ingredients or substances into the insert pot and the pot without removing the cover, and wherein the cover includes a lid sized to seal the cover opening. 
     
     
       11. A kitchen appliance comprising:
 a stirring unit and a pot, wherein an insert pot is provided, which can be inserted in the pot such that an interspace remains between the pot and the insert pot, wherein the stirring unit has a tool for blending and/or chopping that is located in the interspace when the insert pot is inserted, wherein a scraper is provided, the kitchen appliance being configured for relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot, wherein the scraper is a flat wall that is adapted to the inner contour of the insert pot such that the scraper extends along a central axis of the insert pot and divides the insert pot into two equally sized halves, wherein the scraper comprises at least one flow-through opening, wherein the scraper separates one half of the insert pot from the other half of the insert pot by at least 75% of an area in a plane along the central axis of the insert pot; and 
 a cover for covering an upwardly opening of the pot, 
 wherein arranging the insert pot in the interior space of the pot includes coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble of the insert pot during relative motion between the scraper and the insert pot. 
 
     
     
       12. The kitchen appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the scraper extends within the insert pot from a bottom of the insert pot up to a top edge of the insert pot. 
     
     
       13. The kitchen appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the cover includes a base part and a connecting part, and wherein coupling the insert pot and the cover to prevent wobble includes coupling the insert pot and the base part. 
     
     
       14. The kitchen appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the scraper separates the first portion of the interior of the insert pot from the second portion of the interior of the insert pot from a bottom of the insert pot at least up to a top edge of the insert pot. 
     
     
       15. The kitchen appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the kitchen appliance is configured to heat the scraper such that the contents in the insert pot are heated by the scraper.